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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1913)
- . k. ry emu Wincoln tender PART TWO TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1913. FOUR PAGES onntp Immigration Puzzles Uncle Sam Government Experts Must Study Out Best Answer to a Great Question A Problem of Difficulties and Hard to Solve From tbe poverty-stricken hovels of Russia and her kindred countries, from the plague-ridden districts of Southern Europe the United States is claiming annually her toll of ignorant and illit erate immigrants. Careful as the de partment may be to safeguard the wel fare of our nation, watchful for dan erous characters of the Black Hand and similar organizations, and con tinually resorting to deportation as a protective measure, still the country is filling up with undesirables, and there seems no way to check the flow. The problem of immigration in relation to its effect upon the future of our coun try is one that must sooner or later be come an issue, for the facts as revealed by the latest statistics are alarming. A generation ago nur population was increasing steadily with an annual in flux of immigrants from Germany, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom, attracted by the free land offers made by Uncle Sam and the unbounded op--portunities for betterment. These im migrants were of the steady, sober class, well educated as a rule and bear ing's very low percentage of illiteracy. From one to four per cent represented the number of illiterates, while their thrift made tliem well-to-do within a few years. Now the situation is com pletely changed. Of the 2,000,000 for eigners who annually seek our Bhores the great majority come from Russia, Austria, Hungary and Italy. Poor, op pressed, with no chance for betterment, they listen to the siren voice of the unscrupulous agent who is willing to pay their fare across the ocean, for the evils of their present existence stare them in the face and they can see no chance for a worse fate. They hasten to. escape the known evils for the vague hope of a brighter horizon. From 13 to 48 per cent of them are illiterate. Never having had anything in the old country, they have not learned how to make their way here. Many of them are fit only for day labor. If these immigrants would scatter over the country and settle in the rural districts the problem would be less Divorce Mill May Slow Up ? East Worried Over Proposed A wail of woe has gone up from the effete East over the sudden announce ment that the state legislature of Ne vada may pass a law during its present session extending the residence re quirement for divorcees from six months to a year. For without Reno and its divorce colony the wealthy mis fits of the country will be up against it. If the legislature does pass the odious law there will be a rush in the heart-healing business up to the time the new measure goes into effect. After that whatf Probably the cry, "On to Mexico!" It is easy to imagine the effect of such a measure on the wounded hearts of the rich. Suppose, for instance, the time for the new measure to go into ef fect is January 1, 1914. Bands now worn threadbare will suddenly snap and the parties will hasten to the confines ' of the friendly state. Others not ready to snap will yield at once to the scissors, while many ruptures un dreamed of will be suddenly effectel and their principals carried away with the popular stream of emigrants to Reno. And after that, "On to Mex ico!" Nevada has long been the mecca of wounded hearts. In fact, Bince South Dakota increased the residence require ment for divorce Nevada has done about all the heart-mending business for the country. It has become in real ity an art, and many have adopted it as a specialty and made it their pro fession. A pretty society belle decides to try matrimony just for fun. After a couple of months she decidos that she doesn 't like it and the doctor is called in to make an examination into the condition of her heart. He finds a small sliver in it and extracts it. But the wound thus loft widens every day, and after a twelve month has passed it gapes wide open and the red blood oozes and spurts until there is no love left in the poor heart. The doctor ad AFTER VTHE STAGE The beautiful story of the lowly Naz arene as brought out in Lew Wallace's great masterpiece, "Bon Hur," must have a splendid influence upon the players who participate in its produc tion upon the stage. The plot of the Louise Huff, who has been playing the part of Tirzah has refused to sign a contract for another season. She says she will retire to a cloister and spend the rest of her days in religious seclusion. Born of Boman Catholic parentage and religious by nature, her troublesome. But most of them have barely enough money to bring them across the water, and they are com pelled to stop where the ship stops. So the great cities of the Bast are over run with a foreign population. Young women and girls become the prey of white slave scouts if they have not al ready been ensnared by the foreign scout, while the men wander about in search of employment in this land of promise. Failing to find it, they judge Working for Action by Nevada Legislature vises a change of climate and suggests a high, dry altitude for about six months. Nevada offers the required rarefication of ozone, and furthermore there is a sanitarium at Beno known as the divorce colony, which has the most remarkable record of cures ever heard of. Hundreds enter the sani tarium every year and go away cured. The longest treatment ever recorded was just a little over six months, while the great majority go away completely cured at six months and one week. The belle, submits to her physician's advice and the treatment begins. Surrounded by others of similar ail ment, with the sympathy of kind friends and the gentle care of colony specialists, her recovery is rapid. Every day she can tell by her breath ing that the gap in her heart is clos ing up. At the end of six niontbs the colony physician gives her a little plas ter with instructions to wear it upon her heart. It is the court's decree of divorce. She suddenly finds that not a trnce of the terrible wound remains and she goes back to New York for an other trial. If the Nevada legislature passeB the bill the divorce business is going to Buffer. It is sad to think of the effect such a measure will have npon the wounded hearts of the aristocracy of the country. Experimental matrimony, one of the noblest institutions of our nation, is sure to receive a setback that we may never recover from. Further more, Mexico may get some of our wealthy citizens six months out of every year. For with our sanitarium shut down we have no other high, dry climate that will do the business. The climnte of Beno acts upon the ruptured blood vessels of the heart very much tho same as a green persimmon does on your lips. It puckers them all up so you hnrdly know you have any. The United States government ought to take a hand in it and stop the threat ened action on the part of Nevada. THEf CLOISTER part in the great play has served to im press more strongly the beauties of the unselfish life of the Master. Now she has decided that the lifelong desire for quiet religious life shall be grati fied at the close of the present season. The incident disproves the theory that the stage and all connected with it are bad. It proves that one can mingle with the associations of the stage and still retain self-respect. It proves that a good play is not without its lnflu ence for good. IIS (no. Son, I've just found the whole country by their own nar row horizon, and discontent, anarchy and crime become their portion. 'Those who are fortunate enough to secure em ployment save up their pennies and send them back to a brother or frienU that he may take advantage of the op portunities in the new country. r So the population is increasing, not from the increase in birth rate among our own people, but by a steady stream of un desirable foreigners. Himself and Us and Not Others The Marriage of Helen Gould The marriage of Miss Helen Gould, whose wealth is estimated at $40,000, 000, to F. J. Shcpard, whose fortune is comparatively insignificant, is an other illustration of the attitude of Miss Gould's entire life toward money nnd all that goes with it. Known throughout the-country for her numer ous philanthropies and her interest in the affairs of those less favorably sit uated iu life, her selection of n life partner without means is not surpris ing. With wealth sufficient to de mand a place in society, she has pre ferred to stop into the places of the lowly, there to lend a hand personally wherever her assistance could bring cheer or comfort to tho needy. The list of her philanthropies includes many enterprises for the betterment and uplift of her fellowmen. The Y. M. C. A., the rescue home, tho tene ment districts all have felt the influ ence of her character as well as her money. She has been prominent in na tional affairs for the betterment of her sex, and in everything undertaken has been an inspiration for tho better. Jump-Off-Joe, a Famous Landmark on the Oregon Coast Which Has Recently Disappeared This famous rock occupies a unique place in Indian legend. It is related that from its top Indian Joe hurled himself to death aB a sacrifice for tho life of his white sweetheart, Nita, upon whoso head had descended tho wrath of tho tribe for visitations of earthquakes nnd storms. Tho story goes that Nita, upon learning of the sac rifice, hurled hersolf from the rock with Jon, thus fulfilling the prophecy that tho two would meet in Paradise. Tho rock has been a landmark until a lew months ago, when it is reported to have been destroyed tn a severe storm that swept the coast near Newport, Nor is illiteracy the only factor. A large majority of these immigrants come from fever and plague-ridden sec tions where overcrowding of popula tion and inattention to sanitation are a constant menace to health and life. Many parts of Europe are never abso lutely free from yellow fever, bubonic plague and kindred diseases. The germs of the pestilence are carried in the ragged clothing of the .immigrant. (Continued on page four) Fighting With Wooden Bullets Baffled and Humilated, Beaten at His Game, the Turk Is Victim of His Own Dishonesty- it is related that a war correspond ent in the Balkans, while picking his way among slain Turkish soldiers after a hard battle, came upon some cart ridge cases and was moved to give them a close examination. Ho found that the ense was of steel and the pow der apparently of good quality, but the bullets were small pieces of painted wood. Upon inquiry he found that these cartridges were furnished for practice shooting and had evidently been mixed, through mistake or design, with the regular army bullets. In tho light of late developments in the Balkans the incident may be taken as symbolical of the entire strugglo of Turkey for the maintenance of her na tional integrity. Forced into a war by her own acts of cruelty, with disson sions within her own ranks, without the organization that should keep her army the fearless fighting machine it once was, she has been fighting with wooden bullots while the enemy mot her with the best weapons of modern warfare and a united purpose. Today. Iieaten nnd humiliated, Turkey is still ZlLuu u .:; , pfaYfriT, A itninim tiliiftn In Ttwtiiin 1irnn1 Tf minted tlmt from it.M inn Tnilinn .TnA Eastern WomenStrike-Joined by Men Labor Disturbances in New York'Bring to LightlCondition; in the Working Lives of Thousands For several weeks past New York has been in upheaval becnuse of the strike of 150,000 garment workers and the concurrent strike of waiters in ho tels and restaurants. These strikes have been most obstinate and have eli cited much sympathy, both from other unions and from persons outside the in fluence of labor. The large number of women and girls involved is probably in part responsible for this, for the condition of many of these women is very cloi-e to the starvation lino. Tho effects of hunger and cold havo been noticeable in spite of efforts to give re lief by tho establishing of depots for the distribution of clothing and money nnd the opening up of free lunch rooms. The strikers demand hotter pny and shorter hours, besides a general better ment of sanitary conditions in facto ries and restaurants where they are employed. Much influence has been brought to bear upon legislators and city ollicials looking toward tho betterment of con ditions in the trades affected by tho garment workers' strike. Ex-l'roBidont Roosevelt announced that the execu tive committee of the Progressive party would use its inllnence in the legislature to secure tho creation of minimum wage boards in the garment trades. Tn speaking of tho conditions among workers in tho garment factories, the liend of tho International Ladies' Gar ment Workers' 1'nion said, "They are worso paid than tho workers in any other occupation I know of. Girls on leaving school will be employed in the white goods factory at $1.50 a week. In six months they, will get an advance of fifty cents a week nnd in another six months another fifty cents a week. It is a year or two before they can earn $5 a week and they seldom reach 8 a week." Another lender says, "Tn cases where the manufacturers charge the girls 35 cents a week ench for elec tric power, the bosses make money out of it, for 12 cents a week would pay for it. In many cases they charge tho girls 40 cents ench week for thread, yet clinging to the forlorn hnpo that some thing will yet iiiterveno to save her from the ignominy that will result if she is forced to give up Adrinnoplc. Six hundred years ago Othmnn ap peared out of the East and set up his power. For three centuries thereafter tho Turks maintained their power through their during and fearless sol diership. Then camo three centuries of decay, ami for tho pant hundred years the Turkish government has maintained its existence through tho sufferance of tho powers and not be cause of any merit nationally. Tho countries that Turkey hns conquered she has regarded only as plunder, giv ing no thought to their development and less to their rights. They have been regarded only as a source of tribute and have boon called upon many times to furnish tbe means wherewith to fill the deplotod coffors of tho Sultan. Denied freedom of re ligion, freedom of education, freedom of anything, these dependencies havo crouched in fear before tho threats of their master. With such a policy tho AS VA this thread is sewn into garments which become the property of the manufac turer. In printing offices the printers might as well be compelled to pav for the ink." Tho situation was rendered more critical by the strike of waiters, affect ing many of the hotels of the city, l.'afes and restaurants have suffered heavily because of insufficient help, anil some have ' threatened to engage no v groes unless the striking waiters re turn. Scenes of rioting in and about several cafes havo been reported. The dining room force of the Y. M. C. A. joined tho strikers nnd many of tho letter houses are affected. Scenes of rioting were enacted on tho streets, and special police protection was found necessary in many instances. One case was reported where the life of a pro prietor was threatened unless the do mauds of his employes wore granted. In all the activities of the restaurant strikers, Miss Elizabeth Gurley Klynu, the young organizer, has been a most persistent champion of her cause. In one or uer auuresses sne urged n new attack in order to brine the etnplovers to terms. She declared that much of the food served in the restaurants was unfit und urged her companions to make public their knowcidge of conditions in the kitchen. " I want every waiter and every cook who knows anything about tho adul teration of food," said Miss Flynu, "about Bonding back food refused by one guest to another, nbout highly fla vored sauces to disguise unfit food, to come to headquarters to make affidavit as to tho rotten conditions in the kitch ens to he sent to the board of health nnd to tho newspapers. If guostsknew ono-half tho things you know they would not dnre to go to ono-half the hotels nnd restaurants in this city. Wo want to tell Mr. Capitalist what kind of a place his nice dinner comes out of. A nice cup of coffee coming out of moBt kitchens is like a nice lilly com ing up out of a mudholq. You may have to work hero but they have to, ent out there." Ottoman has engendered tho utmost bitterness ami hatred. For a genera tion he has been molding the wooden bullets that would some day be used in defense of his national integrity. Within her own army tho result is the same. Military service under the Sultan brought the worst of abuses. Kvery Mussulman is required to servo seven venrs. Hut lis no record ot birtus is kept, many escnpo service, while others are forced to enlist a second and third time. No ono serves who can pav. A picture of modern military life is given in "La Revolution Turque" s follows: "Quartered in an isolated garrison of Europe, Arabia or Africa, the pri vate is left without pay, without clothes, without shoes, without bread. The ministers, tho prefects and the of ficers steal tho appropriations, rob tho commissary storoB and even the ar senals. Half naked, hungry, smitten with fevers and syphilis, tho unfortu nate soldier is forced to brigandage or revolt. In a Mohammedan district he goes hungry a long timo before robbing the inhabitants. In a Christian dis trict each garrison is a pest for miles about." The Turkish soldier is not less brave today than in the past. Time after time he has remained at tho front when weakened from lack of food be causn tho organization at headquarters did not send forward supplies. More than ono defont chalked up against the Turk was brought nbout by this moans. And hero lies another cause for the decline of the Ottoman empire. Dissension within the ranks of the government has served to thwnrt many plums. Tho young Turk against the old, education and freedom fighting to supplant the ancient traditions of the race, patriotism against aunrchy have disrupted the nation for decades. The policy of tho Sultan and his advisers has been molding the wooden bullets that are now so ineffective against their enemies. During nil the years of treachery on the pnrt of Turkish rulers there occa sionally roso up men of sterling worth who looked to the future with eyes that saw the conditions existing today. Of these Midhut Pasha stands as the one pre-eminent example of wisdom and statesmanship. It was he who gave to tho nation the constitution which time and again came to the aid of Turkey's rulers when intervention by the pow ers threatened to set things right, Bnt Turkey was not ready for the eonsti ' (Continued on page four)